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Young Sadaf Rahimi is the Afghanistan’s best boxer, but she must face her country’s traditions, fear and her own destiny to be a free woman. A struggle that will turn her into a point of reference for many Afghan women.

A day in the life of Mr. Istvan and Ms. Magdi, neighbors for many years, is narrated by the building of Budapest where both live. The walls surrounding them reveal their small passions, stories and routines.

When award-winning filmmaker Juan Antonio Moreno Amador learned that Seville's last brothel was being repurposed into a refugee reception centre, he moved in with his cameras.

Mama Wata is a goddess that provides Sierra Leone with riches. The waters of Goderich Bay, in Freetown, have been blessed with an abundance of fish. Idrissa, a local fisherman, and his neighbors know that the goddess looks over them; however, they must still battle against international commercial fishing boats, illegal fishing and drug traffickers. Sierra Leone, ranked as one of the world's poorest countries by the UN, lacks an education system, health facilities and suffers from staggering unemployment. The Children of Mama Wata portrays the dignity and faith and the day-to-day lives of the inhabitants of Goderich.

Who were the unknown heroines who helped to promote women's rights in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century? The documentary by producer and director Silvia Venegas highlights the importance of past and present activism that continues to fill the streets of Spain today with people demonstrating and paying tribute to those whose rebellion advanced the status of women in society and opened up opportunities they could only dream of before. But their journey is far from over…

While big part of the europeans celebrate Christmas with their families, Mariam, a young mother from Ivory Coast, gives birth in the borderline between Morocco and Spain, wanting eagerly a decent future for her newborn in Europe. On that same night, thousands of sub-Saharan immigrants try to jump Melilla's fence while the Moroccan civil guards and the police attempt to prevent it. Before the birthing, the mother of the baby, consious of the dangers for giving birth and her irregular situation, writes a letter to her son Treasure.

The disintegration of the Balkans began and ended in Kosovo. The Kosovo War (1999) left the region, which is now under the protection of the United Nation, with lasting scars. The Kosovar Albanians wish to form an independent nation with or without Serbia's consent. Serbia is not willing to shift its borders and lose what it considers to be the "cradle" of the Serbian nation. NOESTAMODEPASO PRODUCTIONS exams the present and the future of this Balkan region that has the highest rates of unemployment and illiteracy in all of Europe. Furthermore, over half of the population is under 20 years of age. Gaps and inconsistencies in the law have turned Kosovo into a chaotic mess with few guaranteed fundamental rights. There is no freedom of movement, houses remain occupied and children are assigned to schools based on their ethnicity. Everybody wants to look towards the future; however, the pain of the past is still very present, making Kosovo the last scar of the Balkans.

A revealing story about Saharawi refugees, their identity, and their exile of more than 40 years in the Algerian desert where they have built up a State based on universal health care and education.